Events

2018 Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival

Off campusTshimologong Precinct, Wits Art Museum and the Point of Order in Braamfontein.

Start time:

9:00

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For more information on the 2018 Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival visit www.fakugesi.co.za.

'Tap your Afro Source Code' will explore how local culture can move and change the future of technology, and unpack the source code of our African identity.

The Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, Tap Your Afro Source Code, has announced the line-up of its 2018 programme promising to yet again transform Johannesburg into a celebration of technology, creativity and innovation from across the African continent.

The full program of activities running from 18 August to 29 September 2018, Fak'ugesi will take place at Tshimologong Precinct sharing activities in 2018 with Wits Art Museum and the Point of Order.

About Fak'ugesi

Fak'ugesi - Joburg's one and only African Digital Innovation Festival will take place in September 2018, with the theme ‘Tap your Africa Source Code'. The 2018 festival will focus on bringing to the table important African visions and futures, by tapping into the sources of African tradition and culture alongside technology, creativity and innovation. Explore how local culture can move and change the future of technology. What would you call a vernacular algorithm? What is algorithm in IsiZulu? In 2018 Fak'ugesi Festival calls on you to explore the algorithms, patterns and fractals of Africa! In digital art, music, games, VR, digital makers or the way you braid your hair.

Fak'ugesi, which means “Switch it on” or “add power” in urban Zulu, is focused on making young adults aware of digital innovation. It is an opportunity for young adults, with or without formal education, to learn or engage with tomorrow's technology.

According to an Impact Report commissioned by the British Council ConnectZA- Fak'ugesi is believed to be the most important digital creativity festival in Africa.

About Wits University's Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct

Setswana for “new beginnings”, Tshimologong is one of Johannesburg's newest high-tech addresses in the vibrant inner-city district of Braamfontein, where the incubation of start-ups, the commercialisation of research and the development of high-level digital skills for students, working professionals and unemployed youths takes place. The Precinct was launched in September 2016 with strategic support from major companies including Microsoft, Cisco, TIA, Teraco, BCX, ACSA and MMI. Gauteng Province through its Department of E-Government and the City of Johannesburg have also provided significant support. The Precinct also houses the prestigious IBM Research's Lab Africa – one of only 12 such facilities in the world. Website: www.tshimologong.joburg